[Esbe77]

Bought mine about when it got on sale... smooth, email confirmed and I'm almost hoping they may choose to re-release some figures so I can complete my oh so very thin collection... (the wallet couldn't afford it until now)...

[joeghostbuster]

if they have extra stock of all the other figures, then why only offer peter and ray on the website?

[Esbe77]

Well, I guess the line will truly be dead, then... sad, I wanted at least the four busters... ah well, we never know...

[ectoplasm83]

Why wait for Matty's "Sale".
They just jack the prices up before the give you a "discount" anyways.
Pretty soon the 6" line will be $30 a piece.

[cowbybill]

She's still available and no warning that's she's almost sold out. They must have:
A. Had a buttload after Comic-con
B. Ordered way to many
C. Most folks have given up on the line altogether.

[Letmebleed75]

A. They barely sold any at comic con

[Josh Foote]

A. They barely sold any at comic con

Really? Any reason why?

[joeghostbuster]

if they pull the plug on the line before Ray & Tony because of poor sales of Dana, Im'a be one pissed off coo-coo!

[The Stiff]

Just got one! I forgot it was on sale earlier today, I'm happy I remembered now. No wait or nuthin. Must be better to wait until the crazy MOTU fans are off the site.

Is it true they didn't sell many Danas at Comic-Con?

[Letmebleed75]

A. They barely sold any at comic con

Really? Any reason why?

It seemed like Matty didn't do to hot on most items this year. Lines were always to a minimum and nothing barely sold out

[cowbybill]

Guess I didn't need my Comic shop guy to get mine at SDCC for me LOL! oh well at least I saved on shipping

[Josh Foote]

Really? Any reason why?

It seemed like Matty didn't do to hot on most items this year. Lines were always to a minimum and nothing barely sold out

I guess everyone is getting fed up with them?

Going back to the tax issue, this is what someone emailed me out of the blue yesterday: (I had posted on the matty forum asking why I was charged tax.)

Dear Josh Foote,

Thank you for contacting the MattyCollector.com online store.

We understand that you have questions as to why Tax is now being charged on your orders. We have contacted our tax department regarding this question and they have confirmed that your state of New Jersey does now require Digital River to collect tax on orders being shipped to your state. If you have further questions please contact your local representative or tax offical and find out from them when the law changed.

If you are part of a tax exempt orginizaion please follow the instructions below to receive a credit for the tax charged.

The MattyCollector.com online store is set up for end-user credit card purchases over the Internet under limited terms and conditions. We do not have provisions for buyers to purchase without applicable taxes being charged, however we can issue a refund on taxes charged, should you qualify.

In order to process a refund of taxes applied, please fax or mail in a copy of your tax-exempt certificate to our order center. Please be sure to include your order number:

Fax number: 1-952-253-8760
Attn:

Or Mail To:
Customer Support
Attn:
10380 Bren Rd W.
Minnetonka, MN 55343

Sincerely,
Brady O.
MattyCollector.com online store
Customer Service
mattycollector.cs@digitalriver.com

So who else has been charged tax? I know NJ and MA are the two state thus far. I work for a Senator here in NJ, so I have a call out to my liaison at Treasury as to why I am being charged tax as we haven't heard anything about this. I'll keep everyone posted.

[bobamatt]

So who else has been charged tax? I know NJ and MA are the two state thus far.

I was not charged tax for my Indiana order.

[DarkSpectre]

Ordered mine this morning. I cringed some when I saw the overall total but looking forward to adding her to the collection.

[GhostBustin_84]

I'm in PA and did not get charged sales tax. Hope this helps......

[cowbybill]

Gotta love the consistency of Digital River!

[AJ Quick]

Sounds like some of you guys don't understand how sales tax works.

Digital River (and Mattel for that matter) are required to collect sales tax in ALL states in which they have a physical business presence. It does not matter if you purchased online or not, nor where the item shipped from.

For example Minnesota is charged sales tax because Digital River has offices (their headquarters) in Minnesota. Therefore, even if you are ordering the item from Digital River in California, and they ship the item from California.. MN sales tax still needs to be collected. It probably extends further into Digital River subsidiaries as well. If those subsidiaries are located in your state, boom sales tax. Its not inconstancy. Its law.

[featofstrength]

if they pull the plug on the line before Ray & Tony because of poor sales of Dana, Im'a be one pissed off coo-coo!

I'd trade all the GB2 figures for one Gozer...

[Josh Foote]

Sounds like some of you guys don't understand how sales tax works.

Digital River (and Mattel for that matter) are required to collect sales tax in ALL states in which they have a physical business presence. It does not matter if you purchased online or not, nor where the item shipped from.

For example Minnesota is charged sales tax because Digital River has offices (their headquarters) in Minnesota. Therefore, even if you are ordering the item from Digital River in California, and they ship the item from California.. MN sales tax still needs to be collected. It probably extends further into Digital River subsidiaries as well. If those subsidiaries are located in your state, boom sales tax. Its not inconstancy. Its law.

I understand sales tax, my main question is why all of a sudden are they collecting it when they haven't collected it before. Not to mention there hasn't been any legislation regarding it.

[AJ Quick]

They have always collected it from me.

Digital River and Mattel are big companies that are always expanding, and always buying up smaller companies. I'm sure if they just started collecting for your state, they recently aquired a new business.

[cowbybill]

Kinda weird that of the 9 SDCC items they have listed only 4 has sold out. Didn't they blow through their post SDCC stuff in a matter of days last year?

[BMoore25]

Got mine Friday from a comic book shop

Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using Ghostbusters Fans on Android

[AJ Quick]

I seem to remember the SDCC Stay Puft being available for a while.

[joeghostbuster]

if they pull the plug on the line before Ray & Tony because of poor sales of Dana, Im'a be one pissed off coo-coo!

I'd trade all the GB2 figures for one Gozer...

yeah I'm gonna keep my Gozer. I did get rid of my Vinz terror dog though, but for a good reason...

[venkman30]

did they even make a gozer figure? i have never seen one befor.

[joeghostbuster]

he means the NECA Gozer figure, NECA had the Ghostbusters license for a short time, they produced excellent versions of Slimer, Gozer, and 2 (slightly different) Terror Dogs and a big Stay Puft... I would love to hear the story from the horses mouth as to why they didnt make the actual Ghostbusters themselves and why they dropped the license before it could happen, though Im sure it has quite a bit to do with actor likenesses.

[venkman30]

oh ok. thanks for that. i have heard abit about the neca terror dogs but have never seen them. guess i'll be looking at youtoune to see what these figures look like.

[Josh Foote]

I just got off the phone, I went from Treasury to Taxation to Regulatory Services to a Sales Tax Specialist. I was informed that:

Unless Mattel agreed to voluntary collect sales tax, they are not required to collect sales tax unless they have a physical location in the state. It's a privacy issue as to if they are registered here in New Jersey or not.

It was also suggested that Mattel may have entered into a Streamlined Sales Tax agreement. This seams to make sense as everyone who has posted thus far that has not been charged tax, resides in states that are not apart of this agreement. (http://www.streamlinedsalestax.org/ -- if you want more reading about this)

There you have it.

[cowbybill]

She has been upgraded to "Almost Gone" Status on the page.

[venkman30]

i'd get it if i had more of the figures but since i only have the one gb figure i'm gonna pass on getting this one. i had a feeling it wouldn't last long tho.